Here is the little bunny we rescued from a cat, not ours, last night. Actually it was Fake Quincy. When we took it into the park, we saw an adult rabbit and wondered if that might be its mother. Next is evidence that our cherries are beginning to ripen. I am not certain how many we will be able to eat as I doubt that we will cover the tree. A second try with the peony Raspberry Sunday and last but not least, our hot cats, Quincy and Mooch.

It seems that the summer of 2009 has arrived. Northern Minnesota had severe weather over night. We did not have a drop of rain yesterday or over night. It is hot and humid. I think, probably ideal tomato and corn growing weather; that is maize. The farmer's rule of thumb is that corn is supposed to be knee high on the Fourth of July. Under normal growing conditions, it is supposed to grow so fast that you can hear it growing in the fields.

Mooch and Quincy say that it is too hot and humid to do too much. We know when the temper- ature and humidity are really oppres- sive. The cats stretch out belly down on the tile floor.